Device for rendering lard



W. C. HOLLOWELL. DEVICE FOR RVENDERING LARD. APPLICMION may FEB- 1. i922.

Patented Oct. 24

Arm/Mrs Patented Get. 24, 1922.

1;: starts WILLIAM CLIFTON HOLLOWELL, OF GOLDSBORO, NORTTEL CAROLINA.

DEVICE FOR RENDERING LARIJ.

Application fi1ed February 1, 1922. Serial No. 533,402.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C rr'roN HoLLownnL, a citizen of the-United States, and a resident of Goldsboro, in the county of lVayne and State of North Carolina have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Rendering Lard, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for rendering lard.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the above character which is adapted to be placed over a receptacle into which it is intended to store the lard being rendered and easy to manipulate for render- Zing lard. in a highly eliicient and expeditious manner.

It is also within the scope of the objects of the invention that the rendering device be exceedingly simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects will hereinafter appear.

In carrying out the invention it is contemplated to utilize'two pans of substantially the same depth and size,one pan being adapt-- ed to set within the other. Means are provided whereby pressure may be exerted be tween the bottom of the top pan and the contents which may be within the bottom pan. The pans are also freely detachable from one another and this enables each pan to serve as a kitchen utensil when not being used for lard rendering purposes.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating the applicationof the invention, and

Figure 2 is a partial vertical sectional view'of the same. 1

Referring to the drawings more pttItlOLb larly P and P indicate two pans, the pan P being adapted to set within the pan P and both pans being preferably of the depth shown. The bottom of the pan P is solid while the bottom of the pan P is perforated as shown in Figure 2 at 9. Thepans may be of any desired size depending upon the rapidity with which it is intended to render the lard.

Each pan is formed or provided with a handle H, said handles being of substantially the same length and extending at substantially right angles to the sides of each pan. When one pan is seated within the other the handles are adapted to be in superposed relation. Each pan may be formed with a bead B extending about its upper edge and the pan P may have a block of any suitable material positioned beneath the inner end of its handle as at 10 in order to form a seat upon a jar J or other receptacle into which it is intended to store the lard. Diametrically opposite to the handle H there is secured to the side wall of the pan P an L- shaped member 11, the free portion of which is bifurcated to provide the prongs 12 to rest upon the upper edge of the jar J and aid in supporting the pans as shown in the drawings. The handle H and member 11. in other words serve as a bridging means for sup porting the device over a jar or other receptacle in which it is intended to store the lard.

Also secured to the lower pan P is a finger 13 which extends upwardly as shown and which should be located at a point diametrically opposite to the handle H of the pan to which it is secured. The member 13 is preferably of the width shown and provided with a plurality of transverse slots let which are in superposed relation. At the same relative point on the pan P there is secured to its side wall a finger 15 which we tends at right angles to the side wall of the pan and the outer end of which is adapted to slide within either of the slots 1% in the member 13. The finger 15 is further adapted to serve as a fulcrum or pivot upon which the pan P may be swung upwardly and downwardly with relation to the pan P. v

Adjacent the outer end of the handle of the pan P there is pivotally connected the one end of a latch member 16 which is in the form of a strap shown and having its inner edge formed with teeth 17. The latch member 16 may be pivoted to cars 18 formed with the handle H by the means of a pin as shown. The upper end of the latch extends through an elongated slot 19 formed in the outer end of the handle for the pan P. Also there is secured upon the outer end of the handle for the pan P a spring tinger 20 which is adapted to press against the latch member 16 for forcing the same inwardly and thus cause its teeth17 to engage with the handle of the pin P and hold the same from upward movement with relation to the handle of the pan P. It may be mentioned that the finger 15 in conjunction with the member 14 limits the forward movement of the pan P the advantages of which will In using the lard rendering device here-.

toilore described a napkin preferably of cheese cloth should be plac d Willlllll the lower pan P so that it can cover the entire inner surface of the pan. The pan i" may now be set upon a receptacle into which it is intended to store the lard. The com mingled liquid lard: or fat and crackling may now be poured into the pan l. until the pan P is substantially filled with oracle ling. The cheese cloth napkin may now be brought about the crackling and then the pan 1? may be brought into use. The finger 15 ol the pan P should first be inserted in one of the uppermost slots it of the member 15 and the handle H oi the pan brought downward toward the handles of the pan P. Pressure may be exerted to press the crackling within the pan 1 until the handles H are substantially brought together or until such time when no further eli'ective pressure canv be exerted between the pans. The pan P'nray now be re-m'ranged, its li nger 15 inserted in a lower slot 14; and in this way a greater ell'ective pressure obtained. Alter the lower slot i l has been. attained then the handles may be brought together as close as possible and the latch l6 permitted to engage the handle of the pan P to. hold the same in its depressed position. The pans may now set for a period in order to permit the lard to be thoroughly drawn from the crackling and after this is corn pleted the pans may be removed or detached from one another and the process repeated.

When the device is not being used for rendering lard the pan P may serve as a cool( ing utensil and the attachments thereof will in no way make the pan awkwardor clumsy. Alsothe pan P might be used for a strainer or as a receptacle, it so desired.

i l hat 1 claim. is:

1. A device ol? the character described comprising a pair of pans one of which is adapted to set within the other, a handle extending lrom each pan and adapted to be disposed one over the other, a linger extending upwardly from the lowermost pan. having transverse slots provided therein in superposed relation, a finger extending from the ruppermost pan and adapted to enter either of said slots, said lingers in each instance being disposed diametrically to the handles of said pans and adapted to cooperate to serve as a :tulcrum or pivot between the pans, a latch element pivoted to the other end of the handle of the lower pan and consisting in a strip having teeth formed upon its innner edge, said latch element extending upwardly through a slot in the associated end of the handle of the upper pan, and a spring linger secured to the outer end of the handle of the lower pan and adapted to press the latch forwardly so that its teeth may engage the handle of the upper pan to hold said handles against outward movement with respect to each other.

2. A device of the character dos-' comprising a pair of pans one of which is adapted to set within the other, a: handle extending from each pan and adapted to be disposed one over-the other, a linger extending upwardly from the lowermost pan having transverse slots provided therein in superposed relation, a linger extendinglrom the uppermost pan and adapted to enter either ol said slots, said lingers in each in stance being disposed dimnetrically tothe handles of said pans and adapted. to to operate to serve as a fulcrum or pivot between the pans, and meansextending between the tree ends ol said handles oi? the pins whereby the handle of the upper pan may be held against upward movei'nent.

5%. ln a device of the character described comprising a pair ofpans one being adapted to set within the other, a handle extending than each pan and in superposed relation to each other, a bi'l'nrcated supporting arm extending outwardly from the side wall of the lower pan at a point diametrically op msite to its handle whereli'y said pan may be supported upon the upper edge of a receptacle or jar, a linger extending upwardly ilrom the lower pan having transverse slots in superposed relation. a linger extending outwardly from the side wall ofthe upper pan and adapted to extend in either of the slots ol. the linger extending from the lower pan, said lingers in each instance being diametrically opposite to the handles of said pans and adapted to serve as apivot for relative movement of said pans, a latch element pivotally connected to the outer end of the handle of the lower pan and adapted to swing inwardly, a spring linger secured to the handle of. the lower pan and adapted to press the latch element inwardly, and means whereby the latch element may engage the handle of the upper pan to hold the same from upward movement.

WILLIAM I CLIFTON HOLLOWELL. 

